Dude, everyone is talking about how the locks not “unpickable” and while that’s obviously true….it took a highly skilled picker THIRTEEN MINUTES straight to fucking unlock this thing. That is an ETERNITY in any real life scenario firstly and secondly I think its fair to say that it _will_ be unpickable for the VAST majority of people who tried to. Bravo to both parties on this one
And that was after 4.5 hours of him figuring out how to pick it, he was sent schematics of how the lock works, and he had the key, so he knew roughly what position each pin had to be
Agreed, it’s far from trivial and without knowing the design would have taken me so much longer than to work everything out and I’d probably have ruined the lock taking it apart to learn the mechanism considering there are 1500 bb’s in there lol. This was an extremely well done lock by Works by Design, both in execution and creativity and innovation considering how most locks are the same old tricks over and over. Having a key or seeing the bitting doesn’t really offer much in the way of help as feedback through the pick and tensioner are what tells you something is set or not.
Yes, but that kind of information (the 5h) will be shared and become available to pickers and professionals alike. It's not a measure of security, and shouldn't be relied upon. Still, it can help deter or prevent, some types of unauthorized access, by some low-skill party, in some contexts, via "security through secrecy".
If it takes an elite expert 13 minutes to pick it, that’s a win for works by design. A 4’ flat bar or pipe wrench would open the door in 15 seconds….or a hammer at a window in 1 second. Locks are a game played between honest people, houses are not vaults, defeating the lock is the fastest way only if you have a key.
He definitely did an outstanding job considering this was his 2nd design. I’ve given him some thoughts on how to make it even better and look forward to what he comes up with next.
Nah, lock picking is useful for thieves if they want to blend in. Easier to pretend to be the owner entering their house than breaking in. But that does mean it needs to be quick. People will get suspicious if you fiddle with the "key" for 10 minutes which is why thieves would be deterred after a quick go at a lock like this. And if stealth is their main goal, they would just move on to another house. But yea if they don't care about stealth, breaking in is faster and easier. But that is why locks exist, makes it harder for people to enter and any other means of bypassing the defense is going to be much more obvious to neighbors. It's also why criminals scout out the place to avoid eyes when they do the deed.
13 minutes of picking+4.5 hours of messing with it, combined with a video explaining how the mechanisms work along with having access to the schematics of the thing as well as the key itself
The skillset needed to pick this lock in the field is so high it might as well be practicly unpickable. But it is awesome that some ppl still have the skill to do so.
Absolutely, he made one of the best “challenge locks” i’ve ever picked and hope he keeps them coming. Thanks for the kind words and checking it out. I could probably pick it faster knowing the mechanism but would rather show that first open to be fair to him and keep things realistic vs a rehearsed video.
have to make a correction here..... after 4 and a half hours of study + 13 minutes to pick. i am willing to bet if Jim was unable to study the internal workings of the lock it would have taken Jim way longer than 13 minutes to pick. none the less, Cudos to Jim for defeating this challenge and i can not wait to see what happens with version 3 of this lock !
@@rayray1527 I'll take that bet. I'm thinking that if remove the 4 and a half hours of study then we gain that in picking time. I am far from sure but willing to bet to find out where the difference lays.
Personal opinion, this is by far the best design. Any locks should be pickable however no locks should take -1sec to be picked _insert masterlock here_ Why do i say this? Because if you loose the key a lock picker will still get you out of trouble but it will stop any attemps from criminal from trying as it would take too much time.
locks exist to make it a bigger crime and to keep animals out. Opening a door when it's not locked and stealing your TV might not be breaking and entering depending on where you are.
For that application, this lock might be a bit overkill. It would be tough for a locksmith to crack it for you in the field if you ever lost the key. But yeah, there's somewhere between this and masterlock that serves customers adequately while thwarting low-skilled attacks enough that more obvious and destructive methods need to be employed to gain access.
@@htownblue11 I suggested to him a plate that goes between the plug face and housing that blocks rotation when pushed into the plug face or pulled against the housing.
"Click on 3, ... Binding on 4 nice click there and we've got this lock open. That is a very formidabele lock. The minute and half that it took to open was longer then I was expecting"
I saw the "Unpickable" in tantalizingly sassy quotes and came right over. You never disappoint, sir. It is always a privilege to watch your work, thank you for sharing this astounding open!
How effective was the "fluid spring" system at putting a tamper on the feedback? Besides requiring linear tension, that seemed like the biggest factor in increasing the lock's pick resistance
@@Thesnakerox by the time the plug was fully recessed its impact was greatly diminished. By then several pins were fully set so there was only so much space for the bearings to go before they met the equilibrium as when the key is inserted. Mushy pins needed to be set and a set pin came to a hard stop and the key pin was completely loose.
See, no matter how much effort a creator puts into a lock, as soon as they say it's "unpickable" that means the clock is counting down until someone picks it. Fantastic job on getting that open!
I don't think anyone (creator included) was under the illusion that a lock is "unpickable". The (imo) more likely reason they use that keyword is to get more clicks, for better or worse that's how the CZcams "game" is played.
@@LooselyRigorous Perhaps, but at least this portion of the game benefits us all with better security options. Although, I notice Bowley makes no such claims of their products yet... 😛
Thanks, I had been chatting with him before he even made the last video. You know I’m always trying to be the first to get a crack at “unpickable” locks
What a fulfilling experience it must have been for you - congratulations Jim. Just watching the design on WBD and now seeing you work on it makes me feel ile part of it 😂😂 can only imagine how great you must feel. Masterpiece display of picking and engineering.
Here is a way I can think of to increase the time to pick this lock. Install the lock 1 foot off the ground - the lower the better, keeping the lock picker uncomfortable is critical. Remember this guy is picking this in seated position and a comfortable table height.
Awesome picking Jim. Love to see the lock get picked. Love to hear how long it took you to learn the lock. 4.5 hours for Jim to figure out before this recording, is impressive by normal standards with teams of engineers. Taking that long for a lock a single person made in their shop is kind of crazy.
Claim it Jim, "Public First" pick of the unpickable lock. Congratulations mate, that was awesome to watch how you had to tension it and all the changes of pick profiles to get this locks picked open. I was thinking that to counteract the tension behind the housing the designer could put a spinner over the keyway, that would prevent the front tension of that lock. A lock full of 1500 ball bearings, how tiny are those little beasties in there. What a gutting disaster waiting to happen. Wouldn't want to try and put them all back inside the lock without some kind of applicator. Bound to loose a couple hundred of them on the bench before it went back together. I hope the lock manufacture gives you this lock as a memento of the picking. Thanks for this video, cheers
Wow, just wow. I can't believe the audacity of this guy. So, you picked the hardest lock in the world, huh? Big deal. I mean, sure, it took you hours to meticulously manipulate each pin and use tools that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie, but let's talk about that lock. Incredible. Absolutely incredible. That lock, with its so-called "unpickable" design, sat there all smug and secure, thinking it was invincible. And you, with your fancy lockpicking set and years of practice, just had to come along and ruin its day. But let's be real, the real star here is the lock. The sheer complexity of its mechanism, the flawless precision of its construction-it's a work of art. And yet, here you are, flaunting your so-called victory over a piece of metal. Did you really need to show off every little detail? The camera lingering on the lock's intricate components, as if we all needed a reminder of how "difficult" it was. And those dramatic pauses, please. We get it, you picked it. No need to rub it in the lock's face. But hey, congratulations, I guess. You defeated the hardest lock in the world. I hope you're proud of yourself, overshadowing the true marvel of engineering with your self-congratulatory video. Unbelievable. (Congratulations jim ❤)
A big thing about this is that there's a video showcasing exactly how this lock works and is contructed. Imagine if you were going into this blind, It'd probably take significantly longer or require the lock picker to go out and buy one and then gut it to see how it works.
that only works for one time build locks. the research time isn't inlcuded in the pick time because "once known, always known" is a thing. security by obscurity only works until it is known how it works. it is still impressive that it took 13 minutes for him to pick it.
@@dovos8572 That is the spirit! Software is the same. Claiming closed source is more secure because you can't see bad code is how most companies get hacked. Safe stuff should be safe even if someone has access to the source code or the design.
I am a bit disappointed that it could be picked. But not that you did it. You must be really good at what you do! And that's the exciting part. Job well done. This is the 1st video of yours that I've seen. And I wasn't bored.
Thanks, and I understand. The exciting part is always seeing if it can be picked and for pickers a lock being picked before is even more pressure to get it than something that’s never been picked.
To anyone unfamiliar with lockpicking, I've seen "unpickable" locks of all sorts of designs, magnets, unique keys, several simultaneous keys, I've seen the lockpickinglawer pick a gun safe with an orange juice bottle. If a lock takes a professional lockpicker more than 10 minutes it is not only extremely effective, but such a serious deterrent to the average lockpicker that they will straight up give up and try either another lock or another kind of entry if at all possible, not that sticking to picking would be any more effective even with a detailed knowledge on how the lock works.
when I clicked on this video I thought it was going to be over in like 3 minutes and the rest was just going to be discussing it, I was soooooooo wrong lol
What i find funny about this lock is when it is put on a door and because of the obviouse reasons the owner loses the key and has to call a locksmith. That guy will be pissed most likely when he/she sees the lock. P.S, this is my first time seeing you videos.
that's so cool. seen him design this. incredible that he'd do it for sport when huge companies r&d don't come close in terms of innovation. oh and just subscribed to your channel. thanks for the video. enjoyed watching! 😃👍
Honestly. Even though it isn't unpickable in a controlled environment. I'd still trust this lock over most others on the market. No average, run of the mill theif is gonna sit at a door for the 4.5, 5 hours it took for you to figure it out and slowly pick your way through this lock.
@@jonjacob1962 I agree but also keep in mind now that I’ve picked the lock and shown the methods used the next person to attempt it will have a much smaller learning curve and not need anywhere near the length of time I did to pick the lock. I can pick the lock faster now after understanding how the mechanisms interact. What you saw was the first ever open as it would have been disingenuous of me and a disservice to the efforts of Works by Design to upload a well polished and rehearsed video making the lock look much easier.
Not gonna lie as soon as WBD said in his video that one of these was going be sent to the reddit lockpicking community, the first thing that came to my mind was when you would upload a video on it, great work!
saw this after getting recc'd worksbydesign's video showing how they made the v2 a week or two ago. really surprised you were able to pick that with just a pick and and 2 torsion bars
One thing that some aren't considering is that the lock is on a vice. That would be MUCH harder if installed on a door, because it wouldn't be so easy to have a good position to tension it to begin with.
I am always surprised on how intricate the design has to become to emulate the security of traditional double bit keys similar to skeleton keys. The locks gets ridiculously expensive to become anti bumping where the cheapest double bit keys are immune to most exploits.
Very nice lock I thought you took long and would have had to use last resort. that in itself is a deterrent for thieves. I can't wait to see the final design to make it less bulky and harder to knock off doors next
@@nabilali3230 yeah it took me a while to work everything out and that was the first open of the lock. Recording a polished and rehearsed video of the lock once I’m very comfortable with it would feel disingenuous given that the lock itself was meant as a challenge to be picked.
With schematics of the lock at his disposal and videos to showcase how it works + unlimited prep time, it still took an expert 14 minutes to pick it open. Yeah, in a real life scenario, this thing ain't getting picked. 😂
Just imagine the bill you'd get if you locked yourself out of your house and needed to call a lock picker😂. First of all, i am pretty sure not every lock picker could open it.
the first stem to make it harder to tension would be to add a metal plate in front in the thickness of the distance the key pushes in the keyhole and making the keyhole extend the same distance out - so that when pusking in the keyhole there wouldn't be any gap to insert a tool to hold a tension. Would require a setup to push it in without hooking in a lock part and probably still possible but for sure harder this way
Wow, that was painful to watch, in a good way. Clearly very challenging, that face plate was definitely an unintended edge that wasn't much accounted for in the core design. I'm curious to see what he changes to work around it. I agree that whatever grips the pins needs more bite, either notches or some interlocking teeth, idk. Very impressive pick in any case.
I got it in the mail last Thursday and spent an hour looking over the mechanism and playing around. Then it gave it about an hour a day except for Monday and decided to try using the Z-bar to hold the plug in this morning.
It's like writing a piece of software meant for security and people finding out years later it had a zero day exploit inside it. Just keep on patching the bugs.
I wonder if the pressure plate on the front of the lock would be better off being a cylinder so that you couldnt hook just between it and the housing. Minimizing any angle you can wiggle things into the lock would be my step forward to a V3.
Awesome breakdown! Really exciting to watch you tension it using that leverage from the casing, gives me some ideas for v3
Great to see you're still planning more iterations! Looking forward to the next video!
I don't know why, but reading this I imagined you explaining how you are gonna add bearing balls to the back of the mechanism
Does mcnallyoffical have it?
He speed run that Thing ngl
@@JonR35 LockPickingLawyer has one, and he and McNally work together at Covert Instruments, so I have no doubt McNally also has access to it
Dude, everyone is talking about how the locks not “unpickable” and while that’s obviously true….it took a highly skilled picker THIRTEEN MINUTES straight to fucking unlock this thing. That is an ETERNITY in any real life scenario firstly and secondly I think its fair to say that it _will_ be unpickable for the VAST majority of people who tried to. Bravo to both parties on this one
Yeah no lock is designed to be "unpickable". The lock is there to deter normal people from breaking in.
Well said!
And that was after 4.5 hours of him figuring out how to pick it, he was sent schematics of how the lock works, and he had the key, so he knew roughly what position each pin had to be
Agreed, it’s far from trivial and without knowing the design would have taken me so much longer than to work everything out and I’d probably have ruined the lock taking it apart to learn the mechanism considering there are 1500 bb’s in there lol. This was an extremely well done lock by Works by Design, both in execution and creativity and innovation considering how most locks are the same old tricks over and over.
Having a key or seeing the bitting doesn’t really offer much in the way of help as feedback through the pick and tensioner are what tells you something is set or not.
And only after hours of trial and error beforehand by one of the world's top pickers. Pretty impressive for a lock.
people say it took him 13mins to lockpick it, while ignoring the part where he said it took him 5hours on how even to approach this lock.
Pushing in on that faceplate seemed obvious from the start.
@@FS2K4Pilot clown
@@ericdallolioYou mean that wasn’t patently obvious to you? How am I the clown in that case?
So basically, a lock in normal circumstances, they ain't picking cause most people wouldn't have schematics for this thing on the fly?
Yes, but that kind of information (the 5h) will be shared and become available to pickers and professionals alike. It's not a measure of security, and shouldn't be relied upon. Still, it can help deter or prevent, some types of unauthorized access, by some low-skill party, in some contexts, via "security through secrecy".
If it takes an elite expert 13 minutes to pick it, that’s a win for works by design. A 4’ flat bar or pipe wrench would open the door in 15 seconds….or a hammer at a window in 1 second. Locks are a game played between honest people, houses are not vaults, defeating the lock is the fastest way only if you have a key.
He definitely did an outstanding job considering this was his 2nd design. I’ve given him some thoughts on how to make it even better and look forward to what he comes up with next.
Nah, lock picking is useful for thieves if they want to blend in. Easier to pretend to be the owner entering their house than breaking in. But that does mean it needs to be quick. People will get suspicious if you fiddle with the "key" for 10 minutes which is why thieves would be deterred after a quick go at a lock like this. And if stealth is their main goal, they would just move on to another house. But yea if they don't care about stealth, breaking in is faster and easier. But that is why locks exist, makes it harder for people to enter and any other means of bypassing the defense is going to be much more obvious to neighbors. It's also why criminals scout out the place to avoid eyes when they do the deed.
13 minutes after 4.5 hours of testing ideas on it too... wasn't 13 minutes from first putting his hands on it to having it open.
13 minutes of picking+4.5 hours of messing with it, combined with a video explaining how the mechanisms work along with having access to the schematics of the thing as well as the key itself
Doors aren't usually made out of cardboard
The skillset needed to pick this lock in the field is so high it might as well be practicly unpickable. But it is awesome that some ppl still have the skill to do so.
Amazing job by works by design! Close to 14 mins against this guy, is extremely impressive!
Absolutely, he made one of the best “challenge locks” i’ve ever picked and hope he keeps them coming. Thanks for the kind words and checking it out. I could probably pick it faster knowing the mechanism but would rather show that first open to be fair to him and keep things realistic vs a rehearsed video.
have to make a correction here..... after 4 and a half hours of study + 13 minutes to pick. i am willing to bet if Jim was unable to study the internal workings of the lock it would have taken Jim way longer than 13 minutes to pick. none the less, Cudos to Jim for defeating this challenge and i can not wait to see what happens with version 3 of this lock !
@@rayray1527 I'll take that bet.
I'm thinking that if remove the 4 and a half hours of study then we gain that in picking time. I am far from sure but willing to bet to find out where the difference lays.
@@bleepbloopblahp Kinda. You just poke the thing until you figure out something, it may take an hour, 4 hours, a week...
I've been waiting for this video since i see the original build. Incredible skill on display here.
@@sregexer thanks for checking it out
Personal opinion, this is by far the best design. Any locks should be pickable however no locks should take -1sec to be picked _insert masterlock here_
Why do i say this? Because if you loose the key a lock picker will still get you out of trouble but it will stop any attemps from criminal from trying as it would take too much time.
locks exist to make it a bigger crime and to keep animals out.
Opening a door when it's not locked and stealing your TV might not be breaking and entering depending on where you are.
For that application, this lock might be a bit overkill. It would be tough for a locksmith to crack it for you in the field if you ever lost the key. But yeah, there's somewhere between this and masterlock that serves customers adequately while thwarting low-skilled attacks enough that more obvious and destructive methods need to be employed to gain access.
"Unpickable" is a word that does not exist in Jim's part of Georgia. Well Done! Love to see it!☕☕
Those words can’t stop me, I can’t even read!
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😂@@georgiajim2260
Love your sense of humour and your ability is awesome. @georgiajim2260
@@UnChaeL-Paradise ☕☕
If he eliminates the ability to place linear tension in V3, that thing will absolutely be unpickable without a specialty designed tool.
@@htownblue11 I suggested to him a plate that goes between the plug face and housing that blocks rotation when pushed into the plug face or pulled against the housing.
The video is giving me goosebumps. Reminds me of how my grandfather would usually work on something in silence. You are really the goat :D
Thanks man, that was the first open so i was still trying to figure everything out
-Why is that guy camping out in your front door?
-Oh, he's just trying to pick my lock.
Wow! That was amazing, Jim! Beautiful job done, both by him and by you picking!
Thanks man, always appreciate the support and he did a great job as well. Very innovative and creative which is a rarity in locks these days
Man I’ve been waiting to see one of you guys pick this lock!!! Way to go 👏🏼
I knew you would pick it in no time Jim! Great work! That guy did great for his first CL😂
Thanks man
Genuinely impressive. Saw WBD make this and it looks so ingenious I want one for my door
Thanks for checking it out. I’m really fortunate to get to try it out. I want one for myself as a trophy now lol
Congratulations! Picking this lock is a great display of skill. I'm very impressed.
There is 1000% a niche market for these things, no way in hell is somebody going to spend 15 minutes crouched outside a door trying to open it
The problem now is Price for the lock. Not everyone is gonna drop 500$ for these guys.
@@snintendog Any prototype is more expensive than the mass produced product. That's how it works for anything.
the cia have time
it's unpickable in practice.
a high security setting is definitely in this locks future
Fantastic job unlocking it! I am still struggling with basic locks, but it is so investing watching the process on these complex ones!
Now its up to LPL to prove that he's on par with you
I think LPL could pick this, it’s time consuming but pretty straightforward once you work out what’s going on. Thanks for checking it out
@@georgiajim2260I hope he doesn’t cheat if he sees this vid
"Click on 3, ... Binding on 4 nice click there and we've got this lock open.
That is a very formidabele lock. The minute and half that it took to open was longer then I was expecting"
Great work, Jim! Making Lock Pickers United proud!
Nice job, I loved watching the design and build video of this lock, and I figured once it got out into the community someone would get it picked open
I saw the "Unpickable" in tantalizingly sassy quotes and came right over. You never disappoint, sir. It is always a privilege to watch your work, thank you for sharing this astounding open!
Thanks man, really appreciate the kind words and Works By Design is awesome for letting me get the first chance to pop this monster.
How effective was the "fluid spring" system at putting a tamper on the feedback? Besides requiring linear tension, that seemed like the biggest factor in increasing the lock's pick resistance
This, and also recommendations on how to make it better have me intrigued.
@@Thesnakerox by the time the plug was fully recessed its impact was greatly diminished. By then several pins were fully set so there was only so much space for the bearings to go before they met the equilibrium as when the key is inserted. Mushy pins needed to be set and a set pin came to a hard stop and the key pin was completely loose.
See, no matter how much effort a creator puts into a lock, as soon as they say it's "unpickable" that means the clock is counting down until someone picks it. Fantastic job on getting that open!
I don't think anyone (creator included) was under the illusion that a lock is "unpickable". The (imo) more likely reason they use that keyword is to get more clicks, for better or worse that's how the CZcams "game" is played.
@@LooselyRigorousngl, "unpickable lock" has a much better ring to it than "really creative challenge lock", even if it is hyperbole.
@@LooselyRigorous Perhaps, but at least this portion of the game benefits us all with better security options. Although, I notice Bowley makes no such claims of their products yet... 😛
Thanks for checking it out. The best way to make an unpickable lock is make it extremely boring and tedious process to where they lose interest lol.
If it takes 20minutes to pick.. is unpickable enough for me.
This is amazing to watch. I have been waiting to see who was going to get this thing after seeing the video. Holy shit Jim that's awesome! 🤙✌️
Thanks man, I was pestering him about it before he even finished making it lol.
Utterly incredible designing and picking. Betcha you smiled so big your jaw muscles hurt when it opened 😁
Getting the first pick is always a smile maker.
Well done! Glad to see a small channel be able to pick this first and gain some notoriety :)
Wow. Nice work! I've seen alot of videos of how this lock is made. Very cool that you got a go at it! Congratulations on the open!
Thanks, I had been chatting with him before he even made the last video. You know I’m always trying to be the first to get a crack at “unpickable” locks
Well done Jim on the pick and more importantly a deserved recognition for your channel. Keep on grinding 😎
@@LockDoc thanks man, appreciate ya!
What a fulfilling experience it must have been for you - congratulations Jim. Just watching the design on WBD and now seeing you work on it makes me feel ile part of it 😂😂 can only imagine how great you must feel.
Masterpiece display of picking and engineering.
Damn! Serious skill, man. Nice work. No Redbull can used here. Real picking tools. Awesome!
@@MarkHahn thanks. If someone figures out how to open it with a red bull can I’ll have a good laugh about doing it the hard way.
Here is a way I can think of to increase the time to pick this lock. Install the lock 1 foot off the ground - the lower the better, keeping the lock picker uncomfortable is critical.
Remember this guy is picking this in seated position and a comfortable table height.
I’ve been waiting for this. Great job!
Thanks!
Awesome picking Jim. Love to see the lock get picked. Love to hear how long it took you to learn the lock. 4.5 hours for Jim to figure out before this recording, is impressive by normal standards with teams of engineers. Taking that long for a lock a single person made in their shop is kind of crazy.
@@LoganIsOnCZcams thanks man. He really did a great job on it both in creativity of design and execution.
Congrats!! Great pick!
Thanks man
So proud of you Jim!
@@drbirdie thanks boss
You did not disappoint, rich uncle!!!
Thanks man, glad I was able to pull it off since everyone was more confident than me that I could get it
Claim it Jim, "Public First" pick of the unpickable lock. Congratulations mate, that was awesome to watch how you had to tension it and all the changes of pick profiles to get this locks picked open. I was thinking that to counteract the tension behind the housing the designer could put a spinner over the keyway, that would prevent the front tension of that lock. A lock full of 1500 ball bearings, how tiny are those little beasties in there. What a gutting disaster waiting to happen. Wouldn't want to try and put them all back inside the lock without some kind of applicator. Bound to loose a couple hundred of them on the bench before it went back together. I hope the lock manufacture gives you this lock as a memento of the picking. Thanks for this video, cheers
@@PocketWomen thanks!
Awesome work Jim!
Thanks Doc
Wow, just wow. I can't believe the audacity of this guy. So, you picked the hardest lock in the world, huh? Big deal. I mean, sure, it took you hours to meticulously manipulate each pin and use tools that look like they belong in a sci-fi movie, but let's talk about that lock. Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
That lock, with its so-called "unpickable" design, sat there all smug and secure, thinking it was invincible. And you, with your fancy lockpicking set and years of practice, just had to come along and ruin its day. But let's be real, the real star here is the lock. The sheer complexity of its mechanism, the flawless precision of its construction-it's a work of art.
And yet, here you are, flaunting your so-called victory over a piece of metal. Did you really need to show off every little detail? The camera lingering on the lock's intricate components, as if we all needed a reminder of how "difficult" it was. And those dramatic pauses, please. We get it, you picked it. No need to rub it in the lock's face.
But hey, congratulations, I guess. You defeated the hardest lock in the world. I hope you're proud of yourself, overshadowing the true marvel of engineering with your self-congratulatory video. Unbelievable.
(Congratulations jim ❤)
I told em it was a mistake to call it unpickable ;). Nice work Jim!
Calling it unpickable is just asking for it. I’m glad they keep asking lol. Thanks for checking it out
A big thing about this is that there's a video showcasing exactly how this lock works and is contructed. Imagine if you were going into this blind, It'd probably take significantly longer or require the lock picker to go out and buy one and then gut it to see how it works.
that only works for one time build locks.
the research time isn't inlcuded in the pick time because "once known, always known" is a thing. security by obscurity only works until it is known how it works.
it is still impressive that it took 13 minutes for him to pick it.
@@dovos8572 That is the spirit! Software is the same. Claiming closed source is more secure because you can't see bad code is how most companies get hacked. Safe stuff should be safe even if someone has access to the source code or the design.
The fact that it took that long to pick is really impressive.
Incredible job
I am a bit disappointed that it could be picked. But not that you did it. You must be really good at what you do! And that's the exciting part. Job well done. This is the 1st video of yours that I've seen. And I wasn't bored.
Thanks, and I understand. The exciting part is always seeing if it can be picked and for pickers a lock being picked before is even more pressure to get it than something that’s never been picked.
Good job, Jim!
Thanks man!
Phenomenal picking brother!!!
Thanks man!
great video
To anyone unfamiliar with lockpicking, I've seen "unpickable" locks of all sorts of designs, magnets, unique keys, several simultaneous keys, I've seen the lockpickinglawer pick a gun safe with an orange juice bottle. If a lock takes a professional lockpicker more than 10 minutes it is not only extremely effective, but such a serious deterrent to the average lockpicker that they will straight up give up and try either another lock or another kind of entry if at all possible, not that sticking to picking would be any more effective even with a detailed knowledge on how the lock works.
As soon as I saw your name and saw the lock I knew the "unpickable" was about to get picked. Great job man, your an inspiration!
Thanks man, I really appreciate the kind words.
Very nice Jim
Thanks man
Excellent work
when I clicked on this video I thought it was going to be over in like 3 minutes and the rest was just going to be discussing it, I was soooooooo wrong lol
That's crazy bro, that's an accomplishment and a half.
@@left_hand_loki thanks bud
good job!
Jim is the best!
What i find funny about this lock is when it is put on a door and because of the obviouse reasons the owner loses the key and has to call a locksmith. That guy will be pissed most likely when he/she sees the lock. P.S, this is my first time seeing you videos.
@@piscis317 it would be met quickly and efficiently with an angle grinder and a bill for a new Kwikset Smartkey™️
that's so cool. seen him design this. incredible that he'd do it for sport when huge companies r&d don't come close in terms of innovation. oh and just subscribed to your channel. thanks for the video. enjoyed watching! 😃👍
@@billynomates920 thanks for checking it out and agreed. Works by Design did a great job coming up with his own unique mechanism.
Honestly. Even though it isn't unpickable in a controlled environment. I'd still trust this lock over most others on the market. No average, run of the mill theif is gonna sit at a door for the 4.5, 5 hours it took for you to figure it out and slowly pick your way through this lock.
@@jonjacob1962 I agree but also keep in mind now that I’ve picked the lock and shown the methods used the next person to attempt it will have a much smaller learning curve and not need anywhere near the length of time I did to pick the lock. I can pick the lock faster now after understanding how the mechanisms interact. What you saw was the first ever open as it would have been disingenuous of me and a disservice to the efforts of Works by Design to upload a well polished and rehearsed video making the lock look much easier.
Damn! Great job!
Thanks Sandman!
Also “YOU’RE WRONG ARRGHHH!!!!”
Nice job, Jim! 🔓
@@LockpickingDev thanks Dev!
Congratulations 🎉
Thanks!
Really good 👍.
Cool 👌
Thanks for checking it out
Well done man. Get it
Thanks man
Not gonna lie as soon as WBD said in his video that one of these was going be sent to the reddit lockpicking community, the first thing that came to my mind was when you would upload a video on it, great work!
I'm concerned for this man's health. Never heard somebody gasp as much.
I only gasp for the “unpickable”
saw this after getting recc'd worksbydesign's video showing how they made the v2 a week or two ago. really surprised you were able to pick that with just a pick and and 2 torsion bars
One thing that some aren't considering is that the lock is on a vice. That would be MUCH harder if installed on a door, because it wouldn't be so easy to have a good position to tension it to begin with.
I am always surprised on how intricate the design has to become to emulate the security of traditional double bit keys similar to skeleton keys. The locks gets ridiculously expensive to become anti bumping where the cheapest double bit keys are immune to most exploits.
Very nice lock I thought you took long and would have had to use last resort. that in itself is a deterrent for thieves. I can't wait to see the final design to make it less bulky and harder to knock off doors next
@@nabilali3230 yeah it took me a while to work everything out and that was the first open of the lock. Recording a polished and rehearsed video of the lock once I’m very comfortable with it would feel disingenuous given that the lock itself was meant as a challenge to be picked.
If it took you 5+ hours to pick then it certainly served its purpose
Jesus Christ that's impressive
13:28 Lock opened and explanation begins at 13:39
With schematics of the lock at his disposal and videos to showcase how it works + unlimited prep time, it still took an expert 14 minutes to pick it open.
Yeah, in a real life scenario, this thing ain't getting picked. 😂
Well done
I'm not convinced anything is impossible to pick until LPL takes a look.
No doubt you’d get it. Nice one!
Thanks man!
Just imagine the bill you'd get if you locked yourself out of your house and needed to call a lock picker😂.
First of all, i am pretty sure not every lock picker could open it.
They'd probably just drill it out and get in that way. The lock can't be locked if it's in multiple pieces after all.
Remember folks, a lock is only as good as the building it's mounted on.
@@Sauvenil yeah, it would probably be cheaper to use the good old "stone trough window" technic to get in😅
@@swealer Faster too, haha. 13 minutes...
This makes me so happy
Thanks!
@@georgiajim2260 am I on the list for this?!?! I want a go
@@WyteLox I’ll add you to the list. There’s 6 in front of you at the moment
Phenomenal man
Thanks!
Amazing to watch you work on this awesome lock! Will you try for a sub 10 minutes speedrun?
the first stem to make it harder to tension would be to add a metal plate in front in the thickness of the distance the key pushes in the keyhole and making the keyhole extend the same distance out - so that when pusking in the keyhole there wouldn't be any gap to insert a tool to hold a tension.
Would require a setup to push it in without hooking in a lock part and probably still possible but for sure harder this way
Woo! Nice job! Another "unpickable" lock taken down.
They just keep making them!
Best attempt I've seen yet. Most lock smithd you can call would drill it out.
Wow, that was painful to watch, in a good way. Clearly very challenging, that face plate was definitely an unintended edge that wasn't much accounted for in the core design. I'm curious to see what he changes to work around it. I agree that whatever grips the pins needs more bite, either notches or some interlocking teeth, idk. Very impressive pick in any case.
Amazing🎉 if you didn't have the pictures and access to see internally how much more time would that add to the pick ?
Nice mate. Knew it wasn't unpickable but it gave more of a fight than expected, ingenious tensioning idea.
Lol thanks, the plug recessing before being fully picked and holding all that tension is what took the longest to figure out
And GJ give it the beat down. Nicely done.
It’s definitely a worthy challenger
18:38 this man wheel barrels ! 🌴
Just keep pushing and sweating
Second !! Bro, ur a lock picking master!
Thanks man
4-5 hours is insane
I got it in the mail last Thursday and spent an hour looking over the mechanism and playing around. Then it gave it about an hour a day except for Monday and decided to try using the Z-bar to hold the plug in this morning.
It's like writing a piece of software meant for security and people finding out years later it had a zero day exploit inside it. Just keep on patching the bugs.
I wonder if the pressure plate on the front of the lock would be better off being a cylinder so that you couldnt hook just between it and the housing. Minimizing any angle you can wiggle things into the lock would be my step forward to a V3.
Ну и зверь😮
This is really what the lock picking community needs. A lock making community :p
i suppose it's not really a question of whether something is unpickable, but rather if it's time consuming enough for lockpicker to give up
So, not unpickable, but so insanely difficult to pick that even a master is seriously challenged!
Sick 🔥🔥🔥
Amazing!
I have a medeco IC that needs picked to control (out of a housing) so I can make keys for it. Any chance of sending it your way?
I’d be happy to give it a go. Reach out on my email and we’ll get it worked out
nice!